Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-40441

Medium

Published: 23 September 2024

Published
23 September 2024
Modified
15 April 2026
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 6.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0060 69.8th percentile
Risk Priority 14 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-40441 is a medium-severity SSRF (CWE-918) vulnerability. Its CVSS base score is 6.6 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploitation for Privilege Escalation (T1068); ranked in the top 30.2% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

This vulnerability is AI-related — categorised as Other Platforms; in the Other ATLAS/OWASP Terms risk domain; MITRE ATLAS techniques in scope: AI Supply Chain Compromise (AML.T0010), Exfiltration via AI Inference API (AML.T0024), External Harms (AML.T0048).

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

An issue in Doccano Open source annotation tools for machine learning practitioners v.1.8.4 and Doccano Auto Labeling Pipeline module to annotate a document automatically v.0.1.23 allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges via the model_attribs parameter.

CWE(s)
CWE-918

AI Security AnalysisAI

AI Category
Other Platforms
Risk Domain
Other ATLAS/OWASP Terms
OWASP Top 10 for LLMs 2025
None mapped
Classification Reason
Doccano is an open-source annotation platform for machine learning practitioners, including an Auto Labeling Pipeline that uses models for automated document annotation, fitting as an ML-related platform.

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation Privilege Escalation
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in an attempt to elevate privileges.
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Why these techniques?

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges via the model_attribs parameter in Doccano, enabling Exploitation for Privilege Escalation (T1068).

MITRE ATLAS TechniquesAI

MITRE ATLAS techniques

AML.T0010: AI Supply Chain CompromiseAML.T0024: Exfiltration via AI Inference APIAML.T0048: External Harms

Affected Assets

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

CA-8 Penetration Testing
addresses: CWE-918

Penetration testing attempts server-side requests to internal resources, identifying SSRF weaknesses for remediation.

SC-7 Boundary Protection
addresses: CWE-918

Outbound connections to external resources can be monitored and limited at the boundary, reducing SSRF impact.

SI-10 Information Input Validation
addresses: CWE-918

Validates server-side URLs and resource references to block SSRF attempts.

SI-4 System Monitoring
addresses: CWE-918

Detects server-side request forgery through monitoring of unexpected outbound connections.

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